Principal Space Avionics Hardware Architect

Varda Space; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

On-site facilities

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Principal Space Avionics Hardware Engineer to own design of flight critical electrical hardware for satellite buses, reentry vehicles, and customer payloads. You will define subsystem requirements, design to those requirements, and ensure the system meets criteria throughout production.

At Varda, you will push hardware to operate under extreme space environments and mentor teams while collaborating with cross-functional groups.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing electronics hardware for aerospace, automotive, or other high-reliability industries.
• 3+ years working directly on hardware for space applications.
• Demonstrated experience owning the architecture and implementation of complex electronics systems from design to production/deployment.
• Advanced PCB design expertise, knowledge of high speed signal integrity, power and grounding, EMI.
• Experience taking complex PCB designs through fabrication and assembly.
• Experience implementing SPI, RS422, and 1000BASE-T in hardware.

Responsibilities

• PCB level electronics design at all lifecycle stages, from schematic capture to layout and test.
• Contribute to avionics architecture and system design for next-gen vehicles and hardware blocks.
• Define standards, processes and procedures for electrical engineering at Varda.
• Translate high-level objectives into subsystem requirements and milestones.
• Be the avionics SME for satellite, reentry vehicle, and payload hardware.
• Collaborate with flight software, thermal, GNC, and structures teams on cross-vehicle impacts.
• Own product acceptance and qualification testing for space environments with support from Avionics Test.
• Provide direction on system-level integration test plans and verify hardware performance.

Skills

PCB design

Signal integrity

Power design

EMC

Hardware architecture

Space systems

Python

MATLAB

Education

B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Principal Space Avionics Hardware Engineer to own design of flight critical electrical hardware for satellite buses, reentry vehicles, and customer payloads. You will define subsystem requirements, design to those requirements, and ensure the system meets criteria throughout production.

At Varda, you will push hardware to operate under extreme space environments and mentor teams while collaborating with cross-functional groups.